Paper folder and prearranged bacon parcel



April 30, 1929. c, w, cARTR 1,711, 72

PAPER FOLDER AND PREARRANGED BACON PARCEL Filed Jan. 26, 1928 Clare/.700 i1? (a/ 1 61 jbmziua fi i134 M 9m I Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

CLARENCE W. CARTER,- OF MINNEA POLIS', MINNESOTA.

PAPER FOLDER .A IND PREARBANGED BAGOII PARCEL.-

Applieation filed January 26, 1928. Serial No. 249,558.

lapped at their edges, 'so that the several strips form, in efi'ect,a continuous flat sheet. The

' and when warm, are hard to keep inshape; and it requires conslderable care-to'place the paper wrapper is in the nature of a flat, quite thin, but preferabl quite stiff, paper folder that is folded into at arrangement and completely encases the bacon strips, leaving the folder open at both ends. The various advantages of this arrangement will be more fully discussed after having first described the same in cdnnection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring'to the drawings:

ig. 1 is a perspective'view, with some parts broken away, showing the complete parcel or article of manufacture;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the bacon stri s placed on the folder before the folder has een completely folded around the bacon; and

- Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the parcelshown in Fig. '1.

The thin bacon strips 4 are placed on the normally flat rectangular paper folder 5, and

the folder is 'then bent into flat formation around the bacon, so that it completely en cases the same, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, leaving the folder open at both ends.

As is well known, it is difiicult and practically impossible to cut bacon into thin even strips when the bacon is warm and, hence, thebacon 1s, as a matter of practice, usually cut into thin strips while nearthe freezing point or at least while very cold andyhencc, while quite hard or stiff. These thin bacon strips, immediately after they are cut and while cold, may be very easily laid 1n the arrangement illustrated and encased within the paper folder and, thereafter, a sanitary parcel ofprearranged bacon strips, ready for broiling or frying, is afforded. The folder affords a casing that keeps the bacon strlps as prearranged therein, and affords a parcel of such stiffness that it may be handled and kept inform, even when the bacon is warm. Thin bacon strips, when individually handled same flatwise on'a hot surface and, moreover,

the strips will, in cooking, ,curl up so that it is impossible to' produce an even frying thereof throughout, even when great care is taken to frequently turn the same. The strips held 1n the paper folder, however, cannot curl up but wlll be held fiat during the entire frying or cooking operation. Moreover, by placing the paper-wrapped parcel of bacon on an lncllned hot surface, with one of the open ends of the folder downward, the grease fried from the bacon will continuously run therefrom so that the bacon, when properly fried, Wlll be dry or relatively free from grease. Also, even frying of bacon throughout is insured and the fried bacon will be delivered insmooth fiat condition. The fried bacon may be delivered to the customer in its orig- 1n al parcel'or it may be removed and otherwlse served. The bacon thus fried in the folder, being kept in fiat condition, will cover more sandwich surface and will give a better a device of the above character, firstbecause it facilitates the original packing thereof and, second, because the bacon fried in the folder will retain the best flavor of the finest bacon. It has been the comment of packers that they take great pains to produce bacon of the finest quality and flavor and that this fine flavor is largely lost, due to the hitherto customary methods of frying the same.

The bacon parcel described is especially designed and particularly desirablefor use in connection withelectrically heated or other devices for broiling bacon, wherein the hot surfaces are arranged on an incline sothat the grease may run from the bacon during the.

cooking operation. A device of this character is illustrated in my pending application Serial No. 164,640, filed January 29, 1927 and. allowed December 9, 1927. In a device such as that of my prior application just noted,it is an easy matter to insert the paper-wrapped bacon parcel into the tubular receptacle therein provided, but it would be practicall impossible to insert bare or uncovered acon strips into the same receptacle.

-What I claim is 1'. A new article of manufacture comprising a flat-open-ended paper folder and with-- in the same a plurality of thin strips of meat thereby held togethfiin flat'formation and said folder affording a sairitary easing' for shipping and handling and serving to hold the meat strips in flat condition while permitting the grease to run therefrom during the cooking or broiling action.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a flat open-ended folder formed from a single sheet of paper, and Within said'folder a pluralit of strips of thinly cut overlapped strips of acon thereby held together in flat formation, said folder afiording a sanitary 10 container for shipping and handling and serving to hold the bacon strips in flat condition while permitting the grease to run therefrom dnrmg the cooking operatiorn In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 15 ture.

GLARENCE W. CARTER. 

